Oh No, Mo! Yankee Season Opener a Disappointment
Despite a list of suitable characters–CC Sabathia, David Robertson, and Mariano Rivera—the 2012 Yankee season failed to begin with a storybook ending. The season opener was peppered with more anomalies than the Yankees would have preferred. A subpar performance from Sabathia and an uncharacteristic blown save by Rivera added up…
Disappointed Cervelli Sent to Triple-A in Roster Crunch
All spring, everyone, including the catcher himself, assumed Francisco Cervelli would be the backup catcher come opening day. Cervelli was visibly shaken up yesterday, the final day of spring training, when he found out he would be sent to Triple-A to begin the season. The Yankees had made a last minute…
Pineda’s Injury Settles Rotation Questions…For Now
One of the fortunate things about having “too much pitching” is that, when someone goes down, either to injury or a losing streak, there’s always someone waiting to pick up the slack. Most didn’t expect that situation to arise before the Yankee season even started, but, recently acquired pitcher Michael…
Yankees May Go That Extra Step This Season With Pitching And Depth
There is never satisfaction in and around the confines of Yankee Stadium unless the team is playing baseball games in the late part of October. Of course, if the stadium is busy in October, the New York Yankees are in the World Series, in quest of their franchise 28th championship.…
Freak Accident Puts Joba’s Season—And Career—In Jeopardy
Following in the tradition of Sammy Sosa throwing out his back sneezing and George Bush nearly choking on a pretzel, Joba Chamberlain succumbed to his own freak accident this week. Chamberlain suffered an open dislocation in his ankle caused by jumping on a trampoline with his son. He underwent surgery…
A Yankee Again
By Rich Mancuso Andy Pettitte considered one of the all-time pitching greats of the New York Yankees is once again putting on the pinstripes. The 39-year old left hander, ranked third with 203 career wins as a Yankee, signed a one-year minor league deal with an invite to spring training.…
Pettitte’s Return: Nostalgia > Rotation Questions
October 24, 1996. Game 5 of the World Series. The fielded bunt and put-out at third. The subsequent 1-4-3 double play. The victory for the Yanks on one unearned run. Over the course of Andy Pettitte’s formidable career in pinstripes, he has had a myriad of unforgettable moments. But the…
Yankee Lineup Seems Fresh as a Daisy in Spring Training
Instant gratification is a New Yorker’s middle name. We like our beer fast and cold, our trains on schedule, and our sports teams on top. Well aware of this fact, Alex Rodriguez creamed the first pitch he saw in 2012 over the right field wall of Steinbrenner Field. You can’t…
Yanks Wave Bye Bye to Burnett as Pitchers and Catchers Report in Tampa
A thousand miles away from cringe-inducing Jeremy Lin plays-on-words, the 2012 Yankee season officially started today as pitchers and catchers reported for duty at Tampa training camp. The media hurricane surrounding the Knicks phenom has overshadowed the other noteworthy New York sports news story of the week. After all the…
Pineda and Kuroda Add Spice to Rotation, But Recipe for Success Still Unwritten
The Yankees’ previously quiet offseason has begun to thunder like a 4 train rumbling into the station. The acquisition of pitchers Michael Pineda and Hiroki Kuroda has provided the Yankees with an embarrassment of riches in the pitching rotation. The situation is more of a puzzle than a problem, as…
Who should DH for the New York Yankees in 2012?
After trading super prospect Jesus Montero to the Seattle Mariners for last year’s Rookie of the Year Michael Pineda, the New York Yankees have a void at DH. Montero was expected to be the teams regular designated hitter where he could show off his tremendous talent swinging the bat. With him…
One Last Hip-Hip Jorge
While writing this article I came upon the news that Yankee golden boy Jesus Montero was traded to the Mariners for pitcher Michael Pineda. I briefly debated if I should alter the makeup of this article, making it less about veteran catcher Jorge Posada and more about the Yankees’ catching…
